CYCLING
Tour de France
At Valkenburg, Netherlands
Third Stage
134.5 miles from Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg to Valkenburg
1. Matthias Kessler, Germany, T-Mobile, 4 hours, 57 minutes, 54 seconds. 2. Michael Rogers, Australia, T-Mobile, 5 seconds behind. 3. Daniele Bennati, Italy, Lampre-Fondital, same time. 4. Tom Boonen, Belgium, Quick Step-Innergetic, same time. 5. Erik Zabel, Germany, Team Milram, same time.
6. Luca Paolini, Italy, Liquigas, same time. 7. Oscar Freire, Spain, Rabobank, same time. 8. Eddy Mazzoleni, Italy, T-Mobile, same time. 9. Georg Totschnig, Austria, Gerolsteiner, same time. 10. Fabian Wegmann, Germany, Gerolsteiner, same time.
11. Alexandre Botcharov, Russia, Credit Agricole, same time. 12. Mirko Celestino, Italy, Team Milram, same time. 13. Jose Luis Rubiera, Spain, Discovery Channel, same time. 14. Cadel Evans, Australia, Davitamon-Lotto, same time. 15. George Hincapie, United States, Discovery Channel, same time.
16. Marcus Fothen, Germany, Gerolsteiner, same time. 17. Riccardo Ricco, Italy, Saunier Duval-Prodir, same time. 18. Bobby Julich, United States, Team CSC, same time. 19. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Team CSC, same time. 20. Cyril Dessel, France, AG2R Prevoyance, same time.
Also
24. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Gerolsteiner, same time.
26. Egoi Martinez, Spain, Discovery Channel, same time. 28. Paolo Savoldelli, Italy, Discovery Channel, same time. 29. Christian Vandevelde, United States, Team CSC, same time. 35. Jose Azevedo. Portugal, Discovery Channel, same time.
36. Yaroslav Popovych, Ukraine, Discovery Channel, same time. 44. Floyd Landis, United States, Phonak, same time.same time.
71. David Zabriskie, United States, Team CSC, :17.
76. Benjamin Noval Gonzalez, Spain, Discovery Channel, same time.
79. Pavel Padrnos, Czech Republic, Discovery Channel, :22.
95. Viatceslav Ekimov, Russia, Discovery Channel, :42.
159. Christopher Horner, United States, Davitamon-Lotto, 8:05.
Fred Rodriguez, United States, Davitamon-Lotto, withdrew.
Overall Standings
(After three stages)
1. Tom Boonen, Belgium, Quick Step-Innergetic, 14:52:23. 2. Michael Rogers, Australia, T-Mobile, 1 second behind. 3. George Hincapie, United States, Discovery Channel, :05. 4. Thor Hushovd, Norway, Credit Agricole, :07. 5. Paolo Savoldelli, Italy, Discovery Channel, :15.
6. Daniele Bennati, Italy, Lampre-Fondital, same time. 7. Floyd Landis, United States, Phonak, :16. 8. Vladimir Karpets, Russia, Caisse D Epargne-Illes Balears, :17. 9. Serhiy Honchar, Ukraine, T-Mobile, same time. 10. Matthias Kessler, Germany, T-Mobile, same time.
11. Cadel Evans, Australia, Davitamon-Lotto, :20. 12. Christophe Moreau, France, AG2R Prevoyance, same time. 13. David Millar, Britain, Saunier Duval-Prodir, :21. 14. Patrik Sinkewitz, Germany, T-Mobile, :23. 15. David Zabriskie, United States, Team CSC, same time.
16. Andreas Kloden, Germany, T-Mobile, :24. 17. Marcus Fothen, Germany, Gerolsteiner, :25. 18. Cyril Dessel, France, AG2R Prevoyance, same time. 19. Bobby Julich, United States, Team CSC, same time. 20. Eddy Mazzoleni, Italy, T-Mobile, :26.
Also
21. Yaroslav Popovych, Ukraine, Discovery Channel, :27. 22. Egoi Martinez, Spain, Discovery Channel, :28. 23. Christian Vandevelde, United States, Team CSC, same time. 25. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Gerolsteiner, same time. 28. Jose Azevedo, Portugal, Discovery Channel, :31. 50. Jose Luis Rubiera, Spain, Discovery Channel, :45. 59. Benjamin Noval Gonzalez, Spain, Discovery Channel, :49.
72. Pavel Padrnos, Czech Republic, Discovery Channel, :57.
130. Viatceslav Ekimov, Russia, Discovery Channel, 4:55.
143. Christopher Horner, United States, Davitamon-Lotto, 8:22.
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Eastern Conference
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 12 5 .706
Detroit 11 5 .688 1/2
Indiana 12 6 .667 1/2
Washington 9 8 .529 3
New York 4 11 .267 7
Charlotte 3 13 .188 81/2
Chicago 2 14 .125 91/2
Western Conference
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 13 5 .722
Houston 12 6 .667 1
Seattle 10 8 .556 3
Sacramento 9 8 .529 31/2
San Antonio 9 8 .529 31/2
Phoenix 6 9 .400 51/2
Minnesota 5 11 .313 7
MONDAY
San Antonio 85, Los Angeles 63
TODAY
Washington at Minnesota, 8
Houston at Los Angeles, 10:30
Sportlight
July 5
1947 Larry Doby becomes the first black to play in the American League. He strikes out as a pinch-hitter for the Cleveland Indians in a 6-5 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
1952 Maureen Connolly wins her first of three straight women s singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Louise Brough 6-4, 6-3.
1968 The Philadelphia 76ers trade Wilt Chamberlain, basketball s greatest offensive player, to the Los Angeles Lakers after they are unable to sign him to a contract.
1968 Australia s Rod Laver wins the first open Wimbledon tennis championship, defeating countryman Tony Roche 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Laver becomes the first player since Fred Perry (1934-36) to win the men s title three straight times.
1980 Bjorn Borg of Sweden wins his fifth men s title at Wimbledon, defeating John McEnroe 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7, 8-6.
1992 Andre Agassi beats Goran Ivanisevic 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in the Wimbledon men s final to win his first Grand Slam title.
1993 Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics opens both games of a doubleheader with a homer to become the first player to accomplish the feat in 60 years.
1996 Frankie Fredericks edges Michael Johnson to win the men s 200 meters at the Bislett Games in Norway, snapping the American world champion s winning streak of 21 races.
1997 Martina Hingis, 16, becomes the youngest player to win Wimbledon since 1887. Hingis comes back for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Jana Novotna.
2003 Serena Williams beats sister Venus 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 for her second straight Wimbledon title. It s her fifth championship in the past six Grand Slams, each capped by a victory over Venus.
2004 Eric Gagne s streak of 84 consecutive saves ends when he blows a two-run lead for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who come back to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 in 10 innings.
amateur baseball
Federation League
Dave White 000 231 1 7 17 3
Toronto 002 800 x 10 10 2
WP Prescott. LP Buslawski. Vader (DW) 2-3.
Kalamazoo 011 001 1 4 8 2
Dave White 023 000 x 5 9 2
WP Zizelman. LP Calcamuggio. Kester (DW) 3-3.
Tennis
Wimbledon
At Wimbledon, England
Singles
Women
Quarterfinals
Maria Sharapova (4) d. Elena Dementieva (7) 6-1, 6-4.
Justine Henin-Hardenne (3) d. Severine Bremond 6-4, 6-4.
Kim Clijsters (2) d. Li Na (27) 6-4, 7-5.
Amelie Mauresmo (1) d. Anastasia Myskina (9) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
Doubles
Men
Third Round
Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi (2) d. Martin Garcia and Sebastian Prieto (15) 6-1, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3.
Women
Third Round
Eleni Daniilidou and Anabel Medina Garrigues (10) d. Mervana Jugic-Salkic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Emma Laine 6-4, 7-6 (3).
TODAY S SCHEDULE
Play begins on Centre Court and Court 1 at 8 a.m. EDT
Centre Court
Roger Federer (1) vs. Mario Ancic (7), Croatia
Lleyton Hewitt (6) vs. Marcos Baghdatis (18), Cyprus
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez vs. Eleni Daniilidou and Anabel Medina Garrigues (10), Spain
Court 1
Radek Stepanek (14) vs. Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden
Jarkko Nieminen (22) vs. Rafael Nadal (2), Spain
Yuliana Fedak and Tatiana Perebiynis vs. Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Meghann Shaughnessy (5), United States
note
Holland SAL/Wild Bill s 4th Annual Softball Tournament will take place July 7-9 at Club 16 on King Road in Holland. The entry fee is $100 plus one ball, and teams are responsible for umpires. The tournament, a national and state qualifier, will be a round-robin format unless there are more than 12 teams. Contact Butch at 419-276-0724 or Geo at 419-215-5022.
SOCCER
World Cup
Second Round
Saturday, June 24
At Munich, Germany
Germany 2, Sweden 0
At Leipzig, Germany
Argentina 2, Mexico 1, extra time
Sunday, June 25
At Stuttgart, Germany
England 1, Ecuador 0
At Nuremberg, Germany
Portugal 1, Netherlands 0
Monday, June 26
At Kaiserslautern, Germany
Italy 1, Australia 0
At Cologne, Germany
Ukraine 0, Switzerland 0, Ukraine won 3-0 on penalty kicks
Tuesday, June 27
At Dortmund, Germany
Brazil 3, Ghana 0
At Hanover, Germany
France 3, Spain 1
Quarterfinals
Friday, June 30
At Berlin
Germany 1, Argentina 1, Germany won 4-2 on penalty kicks
At Hamburg, Germany
Italy 3, Ukraine 0
Saturday, July 1
At Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Portugal 0, England 0, Portugal won 3-1 on penalty kicks
At Frankfurt, Germany
France 1, Brazil 0
Semifinals
Yesterday
At Dortmund, Germany
Italy 2, Germany 0
Today
At Munich, Germany
Portugal vs. France, 3
Third Place
Saturday
At Stuttgart, Germany
Semifinal losers, 3
Championship
Sunday
At Berlin
Semifinal winners, 2
Major League Soccer
Eastern Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
D.C. United 11 1 5 38 32 14
New England 5 4 6 21 19 17
Kansas City 6 8 2 20 19 22
Chicago 5 5 5 20 20 20
Columbus 4 6 6 18 13 21
New York 2 5 8 14 17 23
Western Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
FC Dallas 8 5 3 27 25 21
Houston 6 3 6 24 22 18
CD Chivas USA 6 5 5 23 25 19
Colorado 5 5 3 18 16 19
Los Angeles 4 10 3 15 13 23
Real Salt Lake 3 8 4 13 17 21
Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
YESTERDAY
D.C. United 1, FC Dallas 0
Chicago 1, Kansas City 0
Columbus 1, Houston 1, tie
CD Chivas USA 0, Real Salt Lake 0, tie
Los Angeles 1, New York 0
New England at Colorado, late
SATURDAY
CD Chivas USA at Houston, 5
D.C. United at Columbus, 7:30
New York at FC Dallas, 8:30
New England at Chicago, 8:30
Kansas City at Colorado, 9
Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles, 10:30
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS Activated OF Jason Michaels from the 15-day DL. Optioned 1B Ryan Garko to Buffalo of the IL.
National League
NEW YORK METS Purchased the contract of RHP Jose Lima from Norfolk of the IL. Optioned RHP Heath Bell to Norfolk.
American Association
EL PASO DIABLOS Agreed to terms with INF Curtis Wragg.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
BOSTON CELTICS Signed G Rajon Rondo.
LOS ANGELES KINGS Agreed to terms with F Brian Willsie on a two-year contract.
SACRAMENTO KINGS Signed G Quincy Douby.
UTAH JAZZ Agreed to terms with F Matt Harpring on a multiyear contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ATLANTA THRASHERS Signed G Fred Brathwaite, F Jason Krog and F Darren Haydar.
EDMONTON OILERS Signed C Marty Reasoner to a two-year contract.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Signed F Jarkko Ruutu.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING Signed G Marc Denis to a three-year contract and re-signed LW Norm Milley to a one-year contract.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS Signed G Andrew Raycroft to a three-year contract.
latest line
Baseball
National League
San Diego 51/2 -61/2 PHILADELPHIA
WASHINGTON 61/2 -71/2 Florida
NY METS 9-11 Pittsburgh
ATLANTA 6-7 St. Louis
Cincinnati Even-6 MILWAUKEE
HOUSTON 9-11 Chicago Cubs
COLORADO Even-6 San Francisco
LA DODGERS 71/2 -81/2 Arizona
American League
Detroit 61/2 -71/2 OAKLAND
NY Yankees 51/2 -61/2 CLEVELAND
Boston Even-6 TAMPA BAY
CHI WHITE SOX 8-9 Baltimore
TEXAS Even-6 Toronto
Minnesota 81/2 -91/2 KANSAS CITY
SEATTLE 6-7 LA Angels
Canadian Football
(Thursday)
MONTREAL 10 Hamilton
(Friday)
B.C. Lions 1 EDMONTON
(Saturday)
TORONTO 11/2 Winnipeg
SASKATCHEWAN 2 Calgary
Home Team in CAPS
football
CFL
Eastern Division
W L T Pts PF PA
Montreal 2 0 0 4 59 31
Winnipeg 2 1 0 4 79 46
Toronto 1 2 0 2 55 59
Hamilton 0 3 0 0 53 82
Western Division
W L T Pts PF PA
Brit. Col. 2 1 0 4 95 79
Calgary 2 1 0 4 61 54
Sask. 1 1 0 2 60 69
Edmonton 1 2 0 2 42 84
Note: Two points for a regulation or overtime win and one point for a tie.
TOMORROW
Hamilton at Montreal
FRIDAY
British Columbia at Edmonton
holes in one
COREY ROTH, No. 12 at Whiteford Valley Yellow, 155 yards, 7-iron.
LEE KOWALKA, No. 8 at Shady Oak Dunes, 133 yards, 4-iron.